Armpit-shield



(No Model.)

- J M. J. BUTLER.

ARMPIT SHIELD.

g gented June 6, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY J. BUTLER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

ARMPlT-SHIELD.

S?ECIFIOATIO1\T forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,877, dated June6, 1893.

Application filed .Tune 3, 1892. Serial No. 435,391. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY J. BUTLER, of Peoria, county of Peoria, andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inArmpit-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to what are known as dress shields, or arm-pitshields, adapted to be worn under the dress beneath the arm to preventthe perspiration from passing to .the dress and injuring the same.

Great difficulty has hitherto been encountered in practice inmaintaining the shield in its proper position and in keeping it smoothand free from wrinkles, so as not to impair the fit of the dress, and itis the object of the present invention to avoid these difficulties.

The present invention consists in an improved shield having its edgeprovided with fastening devices to engage the under-garment, and havingsecured thereto loops or straps adapted to pass over the shoulder andengage the fastening device on the outer garment.

The invention also consists in the details of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,--Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved shield as it appears when in use, parts of the outer garmentbeing removed to show the connection to the shoulder of the same. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the shield detached.

Referring to the drawings,-A represents the shield consisting, as usual,of the arm portion (1, adapted to pass over the arm of the wearer, andthe adjoining body portion 1), adapted to fit beneath the arm againstthe body in a well known manner.

In applying my invention I provide the edge of the body portion b, atintervals, with fastening devices adapted to be engaged with or securedto corresponding fastening devices on the corset or other garment overwhich the shield is worn. These fastening devices may be of any suitableform such, for example, as hooks, eyes, loops, buttons, &c., which willadapt them for the ends in view, but I prefer to employ elastic loops 0c, or in place thereof, buttons which are secured to the edges of thebody portion of the shield, and arranged to engage hooks d d, 850.,secured to the corset at points corresponding to the position of theloops. As a result of this construction the edges of the body portionwill be effectually secured to the corset so that it will fit snugly andsmoothly against the body, thus insuring a good fit of the outergarment.

In orderthat the arm of the shield may be prevented from slipping downfrom its proper position when in use, I secure to the shield, preferablyat the point where the arm joins the body portion, two long elasticloops ff, and connect their ends by means of an eye g. These two loopsare adapted to extend over the shoulder and the eye to be engaged with ahook h, fixed to the seam of the dress on the inside. By this means theshield, as a whole, will be held up under the arm and the dress while inplace, owing to its connection to the loops at the shoulder, willeffectually prevent the shield from moving out of place.

In applying the shield it is firstslipped over the arm, the loopsengaged with the hooks on the corset, and the eye 9 engaged with thehook on the inside of the dress, when the latter may be finally secured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A dress shieldcomprising a body portion and an arm portion, open at the shoulder, andhaving at the sides separate loops or straps adapted to pass over theshoulder and engage a fastening on the outer garment, the body portionbeing provided along its edges at intervals, with fastening devicesadapted to engage corresponding fastening devices on an under garment orcorset.

2. A dress shield comprising a body portion and an arm portion, a loopor strap adapted to pass over the shoulder and provided with a fasteningdevice adapted to engage a corresponding fastening on the outer dress,the arm portion formed to encircle the arm, and

the body portion provided at its edge with MARY J. BUTLER. Witnesses:

E. D. MoCULLocH, J. M. MARTIN.

